November 4, 2006

Making of Robosapien V2

Robo Community has got their hands on some early prototype pictures of Robosapien V2. I find it interesting how the early prototypes look like something that would come out of a hobbyists basement. 🙂 “Before Robosapien V2 could impress your friends with his unique personality, dance moves, and bowling finess, he had to start as an idea and evolve into the super-bot he is today. Below is an exciting, behind

Chinook Destructive Resonance Test

  Popular Science Blog has an interesting article about a Chinook Helicopter ground resonance test. The videos are amazing! To learn more about ground resonance the chinook-helicopter site has some good reading and lots more videos of this bird in action. “According to PopSci’s aviation expert, Bill Sweetman, helicopters are prone to resonant effects, which is why resonance ground testing (as seen in this video) is a standard part of

Hak.5 Season 2 Episode 4

  The new episode of Hak.5 is out. Watch the preview above and click here to watch the full thing. “In this episode Paul takes a look at Q, the open source CPU emulator for Mac. Erin Shahan joins us to talk about RSI, the geeks natural predator. Alli shows off an idiot-proof Nintendo DS mod chip with plenty of hackability (and Doom of course). And Wess brings us a